This frame was in my mind for 2 years. At last its time came. I would like only to have better seeing and lower temperature during those nights (18 and 19 July). Anyway, I am quite satisfied with the result.
Info:
NGC 7000 is widely known as the North America nebula because of its resemblance to the earthly continent. It lies near the star î Cygni, some 30 south-southeast from magnitude 1.25 star a Cygni (Deneb) and covers a huge area which is measuring almost 3 times the width of the Moon.
This massive nebula is illuminated by the radiation emitted from hot stars that force gas to glow, while the intervening dust obscure these stars from our view.
NGC 7000 is hardly distinguishable with naked eyes even under clear and dark skies.
IC 5067, 70 also known as the Pelican nebula, is a much fainter region of HII nebulosity, separated from NGC 7000 by a dark molecular cloud of dust.
Details:
Takahashi FSQ-106
Takahashi EM200
Canon 350D Baader modified, Hutech IDAS LPS
23 x 122 sec lights , ISO 1600 (20 darks, 20 bias) at 2009-07-18
51 x 242 sec lights , ISO 800 (25 darks, 25 bias) at 2009-07-19
FOV=96.66% of the original frame
Autoguiding with PHD, Toucam 740 , Celestron ED80
Alignment, calibration, stacking with DeepSkyStacker, final processing with PS3
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